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June 23, 2010
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Learning the basics of growing delicious berries.
Rusty traps a cougar, and not the one you’re thinking of.
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More than 100 CCV faculty members gathered for annual conference. Page 5
Chamber celebrates move to downtown
Brown wins Poultney community service award POULTNEY — Poultney High School student Kelsi Brown was honored with the UnaJean Capman Community Service Award at the school’s annual honor ’s night last week. The award is given to the student “who has gone above and beyond the call of duty” to make Poultney a better community. Kelsi Brown Brown was recognized for singing the National Anthem at PHS sporting events, evening activities, and assemblies. She works at the Poultney Thrift Shop and participates in various fundraising events for the school. She is a member of the National Honor Society and is president of the PHS Athletic Council; she has been the president of her class since the eighth grade. Brown is a member of the PHS Student Council and is a member of the school’s decorating committee; she has been on the honor roll or principal’s list all four years of high school. She is a cheerleader and captain of the softball team. Brown is known for her organizational and leadership skills. “Kelsi has a fantastic work ethic and a desire to do well, which is why she is one of the top students in her class,” said Principal Jean Oakman. “She likes to take pictures, sing, travel, hunt and bake. She is very well rounded and very deserving of this award.” Brown received a plaque, a certificate and a bouquet of flowers in honor of this award during the honor ’s night ceremony. Kelsi is the daughter of Debbie and Steve Brown of Poultney.
By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com RUTLAND — The Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce was the center of attention June 17 during a special open house event at its new location, 50 Merchants Row, in downtown Rutland. The event included local business owners, curious passersby, and a live WSYB-AM radio-station remote broadcast. The chamber showed off the new community conference room which will be open to local groups for meetings and public discussions including town hall-style events. The new location provides easier access to chamber members and it reinforces the commitment by the chamber to better serve businesses in the downtown area and beyond.
Accident takes the life of Granville man By Lou Varricchio newmarketpress@denpubs.com
LUCKY PICK — A young volunteer from the audience picks a 50-50 raffle ticket from a bucket held by M.C. Dick Nordmeyer at last week’s Castleton Summer Concert on the Green. Nordmeyer helps promote the popular concert series that features a lively mix of folk, bluegrass, rock, pop and jazz music. The June 29 concert features the Starline Rhythm Boys and July 4 concert, held at Crystal Beach, features the Jonathan Newell Band. “Concerts start at 7 p.m.—sharp!” says Nordmeyer. Look for more concert dates in the Rutland Tribune.
POULTNEY — An auto accident in Poultney on June 14 took the life of a Granville, N.Y., man. At 7:28 a.m., Vermont State Police troopers from the VSP’s Castleton Outpost were called to the site of the single-vehicle crash that occurred on Route 31 near the intersection of Ruby Road. Troopers at the scene were advised
Photo by Stephanie Simon
See ACCIDENT, page 8
Couple donate timber to low-income Vermonters RUTLAND — Routine maintenance along a Central Vermont Public Service right-of-way will help heat the homes of low-income residents next winter, thanks to a surprise donation from a Vermont couple. CVPS maintains thousands of miles of rights-of-way, and contractors routinely trim or remove trees that have grown up to threaten power lines. Property owners own the trees in the ROWs, and sometimes
use the cut trees for firewood or lumber, but the couple couple asked if the wood could be donated to help those in need. As a result, CVPS and Silent Heat, a local non-profit, are teaming up this week to remove the wood from its remote location along a power line west of U.S. Route 7, so Silent Heat can cut and split it and donate it to local families in need. With a donation from CVPS, a local logger will drag the downed
trees, which were donated by James and Deb Mithoefer, to a landing, and Silent Heat workers will take it from there. The Mithoefers plan to use the newly cleared right-of-way to pasture sheep. “Thanks to the Mithoefers, around 30 cords of wood will be available through Silent Heat,” CVPS Forester Bert Stewart said. “It’s nice hardwood for heating— maple, beech, ash and cherry.”
See CVPS, page 8
A Vermont couple are donating a large amount of timber from a site west of U.S. Route 7 to the Silent Heat program that helps heat the homes of low-income Vermonters. Photo by Lee Krohn Photography
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